Category Archives: Sports
Eight area basketball teams ranked in preseason KBCA rankings
Eight area high school basketball teams are ranked in the preseason rankings from the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association released on Tuesday. The Emporia High girls are preseason ranked eighth in C...
Dec 03, 2024 Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Logo
Horyna Named MIAA Player of the Week
Graduate guard Katie Horyna has been named the MIAA Player of the Week after averaging 25 points per game for the Lady Hornets last week. She shot 61% from the field and grabbed nearly 10 rebounds per...
Dec 02, 2024 Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Dixon's 21 Powers Hornets to 69-61 Win Over Peru State in Home Opener
The Emporia State men's basketball team finally played their first home game of the year and ended a four-game losing streak with a 69-61 victory over Peru State College at White Auditorium in Emporia...
Dec 01, 2024 Dixon goes to the hook shot against Peru State.
Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Emporia High girls basketball set to start new era with new head coach Taylor Scott
A new era is set to begin for the Emporia High girls basketball team. Head coach Taylor Scott takes over the program after being an assistant coach on staff for the past four seasons. The 2023-24 seas...
Nov 29, 2024 Photo by Dylan Sherwood/KVOE Sports
Emporia High boys basketball looking to take next step after back-to-back 13+ win seasons
The Emporia High boys basketball team has recorded consecutive seasons of 13 or more wins. Emporia High will look for its third consecutive 10+ win season this season under head coach Lee Baldwin. Emp...
Nov 29, 2024 Photo by Dylan Sherwood/KVOE Sports
Horyna's 25 Not Enough in Rolla
Graduate guard Katie Horyna notched her first career double-double matching a career-high of 25 points and a personal best 10 rebounds but Missouri Science & Technology set a new school record wit...
Nov 27, 2024 Courtesy ESU Athletics
10 Emporia High wrestlers preseason ranked, Spartans ranked 10th in 5A; six area wrestlers ranked
The Emporia High boys wrestling team is ranked 10th in Class 5A in preseason rankings released on Tuesday. Five Spartans are ranked: Kolton Wyatt 6th at 106, Gabe Wassom 2nd at 113, Isaiah Morales 4th...
Nov 27, 2024 Emporia High Spartans logo.
Lebo's Caleb Durst signs with Missouri S&T; Saige Hadley signs with Barton Community College
Two standout athletes at Lebo signed to continue their athletic careers collegiately on Monday. Caleb Durst signed with Division II Missouri S&T in Rolla, Missouri for cross country and track and ...
Nov 25, 2024 Lebo's Caleb Durst, left, and Saige Hadley signed to continue their athletic careers Monday in Lebo. Durst signed with Missouri S&T for cross country and track and field, while Hadley signed to continue her volleyball career at Barton Community College. Photo courtesy of Brian Hadley.
Horyna's 25 Pushes Lady Hornets Past Braves
Graduate guard Katie Horyna matched a career high of 25 points and the Emporia State women's basketball team overcame a 12-point halftime deficit to beat Ottawa 89-80 at White Auditorium on Monday. Ot...
Nov 25, 2024 Katie Horyna drives by Ottawa. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Flint Hills League announces All-League 11-Man football teams
The Flint Hills League announced its All-League 11-Man football teams on Monday with two area schools being represented. First team offensive selections include Osage City's Kasen Parsons, a unanimous...
Nov 25, 2024
